West Nile Virus trap at SHS positive
Kern Mosquito Abatement District reports five West Nile Virus found in a routine trap at Shafter High School after UC Davis analysis. Traps in Wasco and Buttonwillow areas also positive along with a wildlife refuge north of Wasco. Abbott urges precautions at dawn and dusk and draining standing water to curb breeding as warmer weather persists through November or December. One human case, two horses, nine dead birds, and 50 positive pools noted in the district this summer.
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Kern
Gene Abbott
Shafter High School
UC Davis
Wasco
Target Employees Arrested for Burglary at West Coast Target
Four West Coast Target Distribution Warehouse employees in Shafter were arrested after a lengthy Kern County investigation into merchandise theft. Names released include Clifford Tomlim, Efrem Paca, Gilbert Rodriguez, and Hezzie Washington. Contact Detective Robert Courtney at 746-6341 with tips.
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Shafter
West Coast Target Company
International Transportation and Trade Center
Standard Road
Kern County
Clifford Tomlim
Bakersfield
Efrem Paca
Delano
Gilbert Rodriguez
Hezzie Washington
Wasco
Robert Courtney
Shafter Community Programs and Events Schedule
Shafter health and library programs span July including a Shafter Healthy Start Collaborative meeting today from 4 to 5 at Redwood Elementary. The Clock Carrington Assisted Living presents senior programs, and Shafter Library hosts a free Summer Reading Program Dragons Dreams and Daring Deeds with Suni Paz performing July 27 at 2 pm. Public health clinics list pregnancy screening and family planning July 27, and a senior health screen July 21 at Walker Center. Lighthouse Boys perform at Griffith Avenue Baptist Church July 31 at 6 pm. call numbers provided for details.
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Shafter Healthy Start Collaborative Partners
Redwood Elementary
Clock
Carrington Assisted Living
Shafter
James Street
Suni Paz
Shafter Public Health Department
Central Valley Highway
Walker Center
Sunset Avenue
Lighthouse Boys
Griffith Avenue
Baptist Church
Wasco
Arrest in Shafter as bike patrol and SPD tackle meth
On July 14 in South Shafter a Kern County Sheriff North Area Bicycle Patrol and Shafter Police Department arrested Martin Lopez-Aguilar 38 of Shafter after a patrol found him drinking alcohol in a pickup. A K-9 unit found methamphetamine in the truck. Lopez-Aguilar held an outstanding felony warrant for spousal battery and was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. North Area patrols plan more actions through summer.
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Kern County Sheriff’s Department
North Area
Shafter
South Shafter
Martin Lopez-Aguilar
West Ash Street
Lopez-Aguilar
Lopez- Aguilar
Shafter Police Department
Bicycle Patrol
K-9
Summer school offers enriching programs for Shafter kids
Richland School District runs a summer program attracting about 750 students from first to seventh grade. Interventions Read 180 and Prefencias target reading and math, with algebra prep for juniors. Music and math integrate learning, while cultural modules cover Greece America Rome and China.
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Shafter
Richland
Rosa Romero
Romero
Se Pee
Stu
Greece
America
Rome
Alfies
China
SHS Principal Attends National Principals Conference
Jaime Quinonez of Shafter High School joined 500 public high school principals at the Summer Institute of the Principals' Partnership, a Union Pacific sponsored program. He heard sessions on brain based learning, literacy, data use, and closing achievement gaps. The Partnership won the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Secondary School Principals for its work across many states.
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Jaime Quinonez
Shafter High School
Union Pacific Railroad
Dick Davidson
Union Pacific Corporation
America
Quinonez
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Union Pacific
Arizona
California
Idaho
Ilinois
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Russians visit Shafter as Friendship Force hosts eight-day exchange
Russian elected officials and civic leaders tour Kern County in a Open World program hosted by Friendship Force International. Pauline Larwood and Shafter’s Sandra Larson lead planning. Russians dine with Shafter Rotary at 6 30 a.m. tour city operations at 9 a.m. and lunch with Shafter Kiwanis.
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Friendship Force International
Kern County
Pauline Larwood
Shafter
Sandra Larson
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Buttonwillow
Abbott
Target
Buttonwillow Bike Patrol
SPD
Denice Ener Energi
SHS
Friendship Force
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